Apples and Grapes

Claude Monet

1879–80 · Oil on canvas · European Paintings

This is one of three tabletop still lifes depicting a basket of apples and grapes that Monet painted in 1879–80, when a spell of bad weather forced him to retreat indoors. In late November 1879, his future stepdaughter Marthe Hoschedé took note of a "painting of fruits" in progress, when she recorded that Monet was "working hard at his still lifes which are very pretty."

Artist

Claude Monet

Date

1879–80

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Gift of Henry R. Luce, 1957